Wolf Pack basketball: Nevada in MWC tournament play-in game

2:17 PM,
Mar. 8, 2013

Wyoming's Derrious Gilmore plays against Nevada.

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The Wolf Pack basketball team's 75-62 loss to New Mexico on Wednesday ensured at least one thing: Nevada will be in the play-in game of next week's Mountain West tournament.

Entering the week, the Wolf Pack had slim odds of fighting its way out of the No. 8-versus-No. 9 game, which will be played at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Those odds vanished when New Mexico went on a second-half 17-0 run to beat Nevada.

The Wolf Pack (12-17, 3-12 MWC) will face either Fresno State or Wyoming in the play-in game, with the odds favoring a matchup with the Cowboys. ...